Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:05:13 -0800 From: "Kevin Sanders" <newroswell@gmail.com> To: "Alexander Kabaev" <kabaev@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Vishal Patil <bsd.devil@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Tools for FreeBSD development Message-ID: <375baf50612022005i6b9a174w5d251e710d8cefc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061202210741.02e0728a@kan.dnsalias.net> References: <eb7c8e2e0612021224x13598151ya58e471c9dfaa3b4@mail.gmail.com> <eb7c8e2e0612021528h47239e5cl3cf0c1e08e399329@mail.gmail.com> <20061202210741.02e0728a@kan.dnsalias.net>
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On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> wrote: > I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less > configuration is the best option out there. The ability to quickly go > through series of hands/reboots without any associated fsck runs and > without the risk of terminally damaging any local FS is priceless. If > qemu can be tricked into disk-less booting, it should be just as good > though. > > -- > Alexander Kabaev Alexander, when you say disk-less configuration, are you referring to booting from a network image/server? That's an interesting idea. I'm fairly new to FreeBSD development also, and prefer the speed of a dedicated box, but recently suffered my first corrupted beyond repair system. Kevin
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